Whimoon High School

Whimoon High School (Korean: 휘문고등학교; Hanja: 徽文高等學校) is a private high school in South Korea, located in Daechi-dong, Seoul. It is one of the oldest high schools in South Korea.

Whimoon High School
Location
Gangnam-gu
,
Seoul

South Korea
Information
TypePrivate
Motto큰사람이 되자
(Be a great man)
Established1905
PrincipalLee Jong-Cheol
Facultyapprox. 91 (2018)
GenderBoys
Number of studentsapprox. 1,380 (2018)
TreeZelkova serrata
FlowerMagnolia denudata
Song휘문고등학교 교가 (Song of the Whimoon)
Websitewhimoon.hs.kr
Whimoon High School
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHwimun Kodŭnghakgyo
McCune–ReischauerHwimun Godeunghakkyo

History

Whimoon High school started in 1901 with name of Kwangsung-Euisuk, one of the oldest private schools in South Korea. The founder is Min Young-whi. The emperor at that time was Ko-jong and he gave the name of school so the name was changed to 'Whimoon Euisuk'. The name was continuously changed because of the changes in educational policy. In 1914, Whimoon Euisuk became 'Whimoon Private Normal School' and then became 'Whimoon Middle School' in 1928. By the law of advanced education, Whimoon Middle School was divided into two schools, which are Whimoon Middle School and Whimoon High School in 1957. Originally, the location of the school was middle of Seoul (Jongro-gu) but moved to its current location in 1979. In 2010, it became a self-governing (private) school.[1]

  • 1906 Founded, approved by emperor Ko-jong
  • 1910 The first graduation ceremony (32 students)
  • 1918 Changed its name to 'Private Normal Whimoon School' (4-year system)
  • 1921 조선어연구회 Korean Language Research Organization was founded with teachers in Whimoon School
  • 1922 Changed its name to 'Whimoon Normal High School' (5-year system)
  • 1923 Received 72 musical instrumental from royal musical institute, making the first royal orchestra
  • 1933 Opened the first library in Korea
  • 1938 Changed its name to 'Whimoon Middle School' (5-year system)
  • 1946 Changed its name to 'Whimoon Middle School' (6-year system)
  • 1951 Divided into 2 schools, Whimoon Middle School (3-year system) and Whimoon High School (3-year system)
  • 1962 Former Board of Director Mr. Min Byoeng-yoo donated 79,398㎡ land, current location.
  • 1978 Moved to current location from Jongro-gu
  • 2006 Held 100th anniversary ceremony
  • 2011 Held 103rd graduation ceremony (Total Alumni: 33,950 people)

Admissions

By the law of private school education, Whimoon High School was selected to be a privately-operated high school above numerous other schools. The students who have a higher GPA than other students in their middle school can apply to Whimoon High School.

Sports

Whimoon High School is also famous for its excellent sports team, especially basketball team and baseball team. In 2010, Whimoon Baseball team became the champion of the national high school baseball league sponsored by the president of Republic of Korea. It was the 5th champion title. More recently, in 2014, the baseball team won the Bonghwang High School Baseball Tournament, considered to be one of the country's premier high school baseball tournaments.[2][3]

Alumni

References
  1. "Foreign Language High Schools Undergoing Crisis". The Dong-a Ilbo. November 15, 2010.
  2. "Whimoon clinch Bonghwang title". The Korea Times. August 17, 2014.
  3. "Bonghwang tournament, gateway for future baseball stars". The Korea Times. August 2, 2016.
  4. "Late Novelists Timeless Literary Values Endure". The Korea Times. April 3, 2008.
  5. Herald, The Korea (2013-08-16). "Basketball legend Seo talks about rumors, early life". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  6. "Bitter Rivals to Finally Meet in KBL Playoff". Dong-A Ilbo.

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